“A massive thank you to everyone involved – Rick Cochrane and friends, the Tootsie crew, Walter and Karin from Zoohause and the Yass community who supported this event by bringing their pets down to be sketched,” she said on social media.

Attitude

Artist Rick Cochrane is captivated by the human form in action. “Musicians, life models or athletes all project their personality through the body language of their movement,” he explains.

Sirens working drawing

2016 | Charcoal on paper

unknown size

Sirens preliminary drawing

2016 | charcoal and chalk on craft paper

30 x 44cm

Sirens D

2014 | drypoint mono-print on cotton rag

25 x 170cm

Jazz 1 Triptych

2016 | drypoint mono-print on cotton rag

44 x 34cm

Jazz 3 Triptych

2016 | drypoint mono-print on cotton rag

44 x 34cm

Jazz 2 Triptych

2016 | drypoint mono-print on cotton rag

44 x 34cm

Sirens I

2015 | drypoint mono-print on cotton rag

47 x 34cm

Sirens III

2015 | drypoint mono-print on cotton rag

47 x 34cm

Sirens XVIII

2016 | drypoint mono-print on cotton rag

47 x 34cm

Sirens IV A

2016 | drypoint mono-print on cotton rag

47 x 34cm

Sirens IX

2015 | drypoint mono-print on cotton rag

44 x 34cm

Sirens XXX (blue series)

2015 | drypoint mono-print on cotton rag

44 x 34cm

Sirens XXX (Triptych)

2015 | drypoint mono-print on cotton rag

44 x 34cm

Sirens XXI

2015 | drypoint mono-print on cotton rag

47 x 34cm

Sirens V (blue series)

2016 | drypoint mono-print on cotton rag

47 x 34cm

Sirens XXXII

2015 | drypoint mono-print on cotton rag

44 x 34cm

Jazz 1

2016 | drypoint mono-print on cotton rag

47 x 34cm

Sirens Shadow series

2016 | drypoint mono-print on cotton rag

44 x 34cm

“In my art practice I seek to capture the immediacy and energy of my subjects through fast and emotionally responsive drawing”.

In developing a combination of drypoint etching and mono-printing, Cochrane has sought to retain all the ‘attitude’ from the original drawings. Each print has a maximum version per plate of just 5 and is unique, with slight differences due to the mono-printing part of the process.

“Unlike the act of drawing, printmaking is not normally considered a fast and responsive process. However, etchings have a unique beauty and have remained part of the portfolio of artists for centuries,” he says.

Rick Cochrane is an artist who is also involved with the Canberra Art Workshop, which runs groups and classes at M16 Artspace.